Combined corset-retainer and stocking-supporter



(No Model.)

N. M. LENNON. COMBINED CORSET RETAINER AND STOCKING SUPPORTER. No.606,064.

Patented June 21,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

NELLIE M.- LENNON, OF'BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED CORSET-RETAINER AND STOCKING-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,064, dated June 21,1898. Application filed January '7, 1898. Serial No. 66 51897. (Nomodel.)

Connecticut, have invented certain new and,

useful Improvements in a Combined Corset- Retainer andStocking-Supporter; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention has for its object to provide a'device for ladies wearwhich will retain a corset in place and prevent it from slipping upunder any circumstances, thereby holding in the abdomen, and which willalso serve as a stocking-supporter, providing a double hold on eachstocking, so that should both Clasps slip the stocking will still beheld and prevented from slipping down the leg.

It is of course well understood that with most ladies, especially thoseinclined to stoutness, there is a tendency for the corset to slip up andfor the abdomen to project. These tendencies are wholly overcome by mynovel device, which holds the corset down to its proper positionperfectly, and thereby retains the abdomen in place and greatly improvesthe figure.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front View, and Fig. 2 a side View, illustrating theoperation of my novel corset-retainer and stocking-supporter.

A denotes acorset, B stockings, and O my novel retainer and supporter asa whole. This retainer and supporter comprises retaining-straps 1,ordinarily elastic, each strap being preferably made in two parts andjoined together by a buckle 2, so as to make the device adjustable andwhich in use pass down the front of the leg and centrally over the knee;leg-bands 3, which encircle the leg just below the knee and act to holdthe corset down, as clearly shown in the drawings, and also to hold theretaining-straps in position centrally-over the knee-caps; side straps4, which are attached to the retaining-straps and are provided at theirlower ends with Clasps 5 for engaging the stockings; a connecting-strap6, by which the two retainingstraps are held together near their upperends, and catches 7 atthe upper ends of the retaining-straps, by whichthe device is attached to the corset. It will of course be understoodthat the special .form of clasps or catches used is not of the essenceof my invention. In the drawings I have indicated ordinary stud-and-loopclasps,and the catches are simply hooks, made of sheet metal, whichengage rings or loops 8 on the corset. be obvious that the singleadjustment of each retaining strap, which is effected by the buckle 2,is all the adjustment the device requires. The leg-bands are notintended in practice to encircle the legs closely and do not interfereto the slightest extent withthe blood circulation, as is the case withordinary leg-garters, although I find in practice that these leg-bandsare drawn up under the knee cap and actually serve to prevent thestocking from slipping down the leg should the Clasps slip, which is anaccident quite possible with ordinary Clasps.

Having thus, described my invention, I claim- 1. A combinedcorset-retainer and stocking-supporter comprising retainingstrapsprovided at their upper ends with catches for engagement with a corsetand at their lower ends with bands which encircle the legbelow the knee,and side straps provided with Clasps for engaging a stocking on oppositesides of the retaining-straps.

2. A device of the character described comprising retaining-strapsadapted to pass centrally over the knee-caps and provided at their upperends with catches for engagement with a corset and at their lower endswith legbands whereby the retaining-straps are held in place and thecorset is held down, a connecting-strap between the retaining-straps,and side straps connected to each retainingstrap and adapted to engageastocking.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELLIE M. LENNON. lVitnesses A. M. WOOSTER, S. V. HELEY.

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